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Art at the heart of the summer

THE second session of the annual National Art Gallery of the Bahamas’ mixed media art summer camp is under way with the focus on “surrealism, pop art and contemporary art”, organiser Abby Smith told The Tribune yesterday.

Summer camp creations to go on show

CREATIVE art pieces, decorative home accessories, useful goods, and treats - all created by Bahamian children who participated in summer camps sponsored by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture - will be on display at Superclubs Breezes tomorrow morning.

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F.N.M. Convention: Day one as it happened

Get all the news from the FNM Convention right here with live updates starting today.

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Jamaican detained without trial is awarded $125,000

A JAMAICAN who spent nine years in and out of prison and the Carmichael Road Detention Centre without trial was awarded a $125,000 settlement in Supreme Court yesterday.

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Ingraham: Minnis abused his power in removing Cash as delegate

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis abused his power when he removed former Chairman Darron Cash from the party’s Executive Committee recently, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham told The Tribune yesterday.

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Christie administration was ‘dead wrong’ on Baha Mar

THE Christie administration was “dead wrong” to force Baha Mar into provisional liquidation and should have allowed developer Sarkis Izmirlian’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy process to play out in a US court, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said yesterday.

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"I prayed with men who robbed me" says Dr David Allen

RENOWNED psychiatrist Dr David Allen said he prayed with the three young men who held him at gunpoint during a home invasion early on Tuesday morning.

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MPs told to support leader or get the hell out of their seats

MAURICE Moore, regarded as one of the Free National Movement’s founding fathers, last night chastised the opposition MPs who oppose Free National Movement chief Dr Hubert Minnis, saying if they cannot support their leader they should “get the hell out of the seats” they occupy in the House of Assembly.

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Ingraham: My distress at state of FNM

THE current state of the Free National Movement is “distressing” to former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who told The Tribune yesterday the Official Opposition has to put in a lot of work to win over voters whose minds have been “poisoned” by months of public infighting.

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Butler-Turner: Christie past his ‘use by’ date

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday lambasted Prime Minister Perry Christie for “refusing” to step down as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), accusing Mr Christie of staying in politics far beyond his “use by effective date”.

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Police identify teenager killed in Grand Bahama crash

THE teenager killed in a traffic accident in Grand Bahama on Monday night has been officially identified by police as 19-year-old Jamond Jatizo Henfield, of Holmes Rock.

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Health officials urge residents to take steps to prevent Zika

HEALTH officials yesterday reinforced their efforts to combat the potential spread of the Zika virus to The Bahamas, again issuing notices that residents have the biggest role to play in prevention.

B.P.L. tackles power failures in Eleuthera

BAHAMAS Power & Light (BPL) was said to be working to stabilise its power generation networks in Eleuthera last night following “several system failures on Monday and into Tuesday”, the company said in a statement yesterday.

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Residents threaten action after spate of boat thefts

A RASH of boat thefts in Abaco in the past week are causing such concern to frustrated residents that they are threatening to take matters into their own hands to stop the culprits.

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Activists press for details on MARCO Alert system

CHILD protection advocates pledged yesterday to continue their pressure on the government to fully enact amendments to the Sexual Offences Act and the Child Protection Act following the success of their viral protest.